[...]reflecting on the statements by Diamond and Houellebecq, it may be asked, for example, whether the extensive use of indicators in the COVID-19 crisis should be seen as a positive or negative development, and how far the profound social role of indicators in this crisis is the continuation of developments that have preceded the pandemic. The most obvious ones are the infection and fatality rates used as proxies for the spread and effect of the virus by governments and newspapers, but also the World Health Organisation (WHO).2 There are also indicators about the health-care capacities of countries (often preceding the emergence of the COVID-19 crisis),3 government responses,4 as well as combined ranked indicators.5 Finally, the start of the vaccinations in late 2020 has been accompanied by data that compare and rank countries, possibly also reflecting variations in government effectiveness.6 The contributions of this Special Issue cover a variety of topics related to the many roles these indicators play. [...]section 4 reflects on the possible implications of these findings for a (possible) post-COVID-19 world. 2 Relationship to prior socio-legal research on indicators Recent years have seen the publication of a large body of literature dealing with indicators from a socio-legal perspective. [...]just as COVID-19 emerged, a monograph on The Uncounted: Politics of Data in Global Health specifically focused on the role of for health data for AIDS response (Davis, 2020).

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紧急情况下的数字：指标在 COVID-19 危机中的多种作用

[...] 考虑到 Diamond 和 Houellebecq 的陈述，可能会问，例如，在 COVID-19 危机中广泛使用指标是否应该被视为积极或消极的发展，以及深刻的社会指标在这场危机中的作用是延续大流行之前的事态发展。最明显的指标是政府和报纸以及世界卫生组织 (WHO) 用作衡量病毒传播和影响的指标的感染率和死亡率。2 还有一些关于国家医疗保健能力的指标（通常在 COVID-19 危机出现之前）、3 政府应对措施 4 以及综合排名指标 5。可能也反映了政府效率的变化。6 本期特刊的贡献涵盖了与这些指标所扮演的许多角色相关的各种主题。[...]第 4 节反映了这些发现对（可能的）后 COVID-19 世界的可能影响。2 与先前关于指标的社会法律研究的关系 近年来，大量文献从社会法律的角度处理指标的出版。[...] 就在 COVID-19 出现之际，一本关于“不计其数：全球健康中的数据政治”的专着特别关注健康数据在艾滋病应对中的作用（戴维斯，2020 年）。]第 4 节反映了这些发现对（可能的）后 COVID-19 世界的可能影响。2 与先前关于指标的社会法律研究的关系 近年来，大量文献从社会法律的角度处理指标的出版。[...] 就在 COVID-19 出现之际，一本关于“不计其数：全球健康中的数据政治”的专着特别关注健康数据在艾滋病应对中的作用（戴维斯，2020 年）。]第 4 节反映了这些发现对（可能的）后 COVID-19 世界的可能影响。2 与先前关于指标的社会法律研究的关系 近年来，大量文献从社会法律角度处理指标的出版。[...] 就在 COVID-19 出现之际，一本关于“不计其数：全球健康中的数据政治”的专着特别关注健康数据在艾滋病应对中的作用（戴维斯，2020 年）。